Tentative 2-Deep Revealed

With more than half of this year’s spring football drills now in the books, West Virginia University coach Dana Holgorsen has unveiled his first two-deep of the spring (see attachment link above).

However, “tentative” is the word Holgorsen used to describe the depth chart he has released.

“The depth chart could change on a day-to-day basis,” he said following Thursday evening’s practice. “Whoever we line up as first team offense and first team defense is what you will see on that sheet.”

Junior Paul Millard, freshman Ford Childress and true freshman Chavas Rawlins are each listed as “or” on the two-deep for the quarterback position, demonstrating again that Holgorsen and his offensive staff are no closer to naming a starter there than they were at the beginning of the spring.

"I figured I would make it a little easier for our media relations department," said Holgorsen as for why he released a two-deep now. "They needed something for the spring game that will serve as a tentative depth chart. If nothing else, you can see who is playing what position. In the fall, we will add another 20 guys that we expect to come in and compete for playing time."

Holgorsen indicated that there is a lot of evaluating left to do ahead of the spring game coming up on April 20.

“We have four practices left,” he said. “Saturday will be a heavy, heavy practice. We haven’t had a full scrimmage yet, and we won’t have one until Tuesday. We have had mini-scrimmages at the end of practice and those have gone well. We have been focusing more on fundamentals and teaching.

“We are running a lot of team reps,” Holgorsen continued. “We will run mini-scrimmages again on Saturday, and then on Tuesday we will have our biggest scrimmage of the spring. Thursday is non-padded, so we can’t do a whole lot that day, and then we have the spring game on Saturday.

This year’s Gold-Blue Spring Game, presented by Kroger, will kickoff at 2 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium. Fans wishing to purchase tickets in advance can do so by logging on to http://www.WVUGAME.com.

MSN will also air the spring game on select radio stations throughout West Virginia. Check your local listings.